The pot... The mill... uncle who loves making syrup...
Labeeman,
I live in Baton Rouge, and love cane syrup. Having trouble finding the good stuff. Tell me where and when I can purchase . Steen's is only ok, but it's not like the old timey stuff people used to make...I bet your's is GOOD !
If you have honey too I'm getting some, local is best.
Thanks ...Gary
... When I have some Illl post it... as usual it will be on my porch waiting for you in BR.
Real cane syrup is good stuff, but like anything else I think it's a whole lot tastier when you make it with your own hands. So many traditions we have in this part of the world are based around passing on knowledge and culture while passing a good time doing it as a community. Kind of like the old saying "teach a man to fish and you feed him for life" kind of thing. There is an event called Old Farmer's Day here north of Hammond that used to get everybody together and squeeze cane and make syrup over a wood fire for anybody who was interested. Hard work, but a really fun day full of kids, laughing and learning, and the syrup that you left with is the best there is because the taste is mixed with the experience of making it. I guess they still do it, I don't know. Would sure be a fun thing to teach the kids, go in together and do sometime. Folks like LaBeeman who have the experience and knowhow to pass on are treasures as far as I am concerned. I'd like to think that kids in the future will grow up with those kinds of simple memories when they grow up like we have. And cane syrup!